| Snow and rain fall on the southeast Texas Panhandle 28 January 2020 |
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| Snowy scene in Memphis on Tuesday morning (28 January 2020). The image is courtesy of Memphis Sheriff's Office. | |||||||||||
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A potent upper level low emerging across the southern High Plains supplied an abrupt change in the weather on Tuesday, January 28th. After basking under mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s and 70s the previous day, the storm system brought a sharp cold front early Tuesday morning, which was accompanied by areas of rain and snow in spots and gusty northerly winds for all. |
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| Regional radar animation valid from 6:18 am to 7:28 am on 28 January 2020. Additional regional radar animations can be viewed at: 8:58 am to 10:08 am on 28 January 2020; and 12:48 pm to 1:58 pm on 28 January 2020. | |||||||||||
| The precipitation blossomed near and north of the track of the center of the low pressure system early Tuesday. The bulk of the precipitation affected the Panhandles into southern Kansas and much of Oklahoma, with spotty lighter rain found over parts of the South Plains and southern Rolling Plains. One heavier band of precipitation developed across the southeast Texas Panhandle into the northern Rolling Plains Tuesday morning. This band lingered for several hours before finally weakening and shifting eastward in the afternoon. | |||||||||||
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| Observed temperatures around 8:15 am on Tuesday (28 January 2020). The data are courtesy of the West Texas Mesonet. The observed high temperatures from the previous day (27 January) can be VIEWED HERE. | |||||||||||
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| Even where the snow fell, temperatures never dropped below freezing, but the moderate to heavy snow did accumulate on roadways making them slushy and slippery for a period. The slick conditions did contribute to a few vehicles skidding off into the ditch along Highway 287 Tuesday morning. Once the snow stopped, temperatures rebounded into the upper 30s, allowing roadways to quickly improve. | |||||||||||
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| Radar-estimated and bias-correct liquid equivalent (inches) from the rain and snow on 28 January 2020. A plot of West Texas Mesonet rain and melted snow totals can be FOUND HERE. | |||||||||||
| Combined, the rain and snow melted to in excess of an inch over a narrow swath from near Memphis to west of Childress to north of Paducah. Officially, the Childress airport measured 0.77" of liquid, most of which fell as rain. Childress did report light to moderate snow late Tuesday morning into early afternoon, though a thin layer of snow only briefly covered the grassy surfaces before quickly melting. | |||||||||||
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| Maximum wind speeds observed by the West Texas Mesonet on 28 January 2019. The peak wind gusts for the day can be VIEWED HERE. | |||||||||||
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Although the significant rain (and snow) largely missed the South Plains and southern Rolling Plains, no one escaped the gusty northerly winds. In fact, the winds were maximized on the Caprock during the day Tuesday. Sustained wind speeds of 30 to 40 mph were common, with peak gusts of 45 to 55 mph. The winds gradually diminished late Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening. Below are the 24-hour highs, lows and precipitation, as reported by the Lubbock COOP Observers from around the region on Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning (28 and 29 January 2020). |
Daily Temperature and Precipitation Summary
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1209 PM CST Tue Jan 28 2020
The following data are for the previous 24 HRS (8AM - 8AM)
Highs typically from the previous day. Low can be either day.
7-8AM
24 HOUR TODAY 24HR SNOW SNOW
LOCATION HI LOW 7-8AM PCPN FALL DEPTH
Aspermont 75 32 45 0
Big Spring AWOS 74 36 42 0
Brownfield 70 31 37 0
Childress 69 38 40 0.46
Childress ASOS 70 38 37 0.59
Crosbyton 70 35 36 0
Denver City 67 37 37 0
Dimmitt M M M M
Floydada 69 34 34 T
Friona 66 32 32 0.03 T T
Guthrie 74 33 43 0
Hart 68 29 32 0
Jayton M M M 0
Lake Alan Henry 74 36 43 0
Levelland 69 32 36 0
Littlefield 5SE 70 28 34 0
Lubbock 72 33 37 0
Matador 71 36 36 0.06
Memphis 67 34 34 0.80
Morton 69 31 34 T
Muleshoe 68 27 33 0
Muleshoe Refuge 67 25 35 0.01
Olton 70 33 33 0
Paducah 15S (Grow) 69 36 39 0.20
Plainview Wtr Plnt 70 32 34 0
Plainview Dly Hrld 70 33 34 0
Plains 66 28 35 0
Post 72 37 39 0
Silverton 69 24 33 0
Snyder 74 40 43 0
Spur 71 34 38 0
Tahoka 73 37 38 0
Tulia 70 31 33 0
Turkey 71 34 35 0.15
White River Lake 73 35 40 0
Automated Stations High Low 7AM Rain
Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge 68 24 35 0
Caprock Canyons State Park RAWS 72 35 36 0.05
Jayton RAWS 74 34 47 0
The following mesonet data show 24hr highs and lows
and precipitation 8am-8am.
Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet...
24-HR 8AM 8AM-8AM
HI LOW
Abernathy 5NE 71 33 35 0
Aiken 3WSW 71 29 34 0
Adrian 6WSW 60 30 32 0
Amarillo 7SSE 68 28 31 0
Amarillo 9NNE 66 30 32 0
Amarillo 15NNW 64 32 33 0
Amherst 1NE 70 31 34 0
Andrews 2NE 72 39 41 0
Anton 6S 70 27 35 0
Aspermont 3NE 75 31 45 0
BBNP Persimmon Gap 78 41 51 0
BBNP Castolon 1NW 81 42 53 0
Big Lake 1WNW 76 42 46 0.02
Bootleg 11WNW 65 30 32 0.01
Boys Ranch 1WSW 63 23 35 0.01
Brownfield 2S 71 32 37 0
Canadian 6E 65 31 31 0.08
Caprock Canyons 71 35 35 0.04
Childress 2NNE 69 36 36 0.23
Clarendon 2WSW 64 32 32 0.15
Claude 12SW 65 31 31 0
Clyde 2WNW 75 44 46 0
Colorado City 5NW 77 36 45 0
Coyanosa 75 43 50 0
Crane 1NNW 75 40 42 0.01
Crowell 1E 71 39 48 0.04
Dell City 1N 67 30 41 0.01
Denver City 7W 67 29 37 0
Dimmitt 2NE 67 30 31 0
Dora NM 2SW 66 32 35 0.08
Dozier 2W 66 33 33 0.26
Earth 9WSW 69 28 33 0
Endee NM 2SW 63 25 34 0.08
Estelline 3SSE 70 35 37 0.73
Floydada 2NE 71 35 35 0
Fluvanna 3W 73 40 40 0
Fort Chadborne 78 38 47 0
Fort Lancaster 79 34 51 0.09
Fort Lewis CO 37 1 2 0.20
Fort McKavett 77 38 44 0.19
Friona 2NE 67 30 31 0
Fritch 1WNW 63 32 33 0.01
Gail 2SE 74 37 40 0
Goodlett 3W 69 36 38 0.21
Goodnight 63 32 32 0.05
Graham 5SW 72 37 37 0
Guadalupe N.P. 58 37 38 0.11
Guthrie 10W 74 38 41 0.01
Hackberry 2SSE 71 38 41 0.25
Happy 1E 69 32 32 0
Hart 3N 69 31 32 0
Haskell 1NW 72 43 44 0
Hefner 1SW 72 40 49 0
Hereford 2NW 67 29 31 0
Hobbs NM 5NW 68 36 40 0
Jayton 1S 74 33 45 0
Junction 1SSW 78 31 46 0.49
Kent 9E 68 43 46 0.01
Knox City 3NW 72 36 51 0
Lake Alan Henry 1NW 75 34 42 0
Lake McClellan 2NW 63 31 31 0.03
Lamesa 2SE 71 37 39 0
Lesley 2S 69 33 36 0.24
Levelland 4S 70 30 36 0
Lomax 1SSE 75 36 42 0
Lubbock (TX Tech) 72 29 36 0
Lubbock (Reese Ctr) 71 30 36 0
McLean 1E 62 30 30 0.11
Memphis 1NE 68 34 35 0.69
Menard 2NWE 78 33 44 0.25
Mertzon 3NNE 80 33 49 0
Morton 1NE 70 30 36 0
Muleshoe 2S 68 29 34 0
New Home 71 33 38 0
Northfield 1S 72 37 37 0.33
O'Donnell 1N 72 37 38 0
Olton 6S 69 31 33 0
Odell 4ENE 69 32 49 0.05
Paducah 10SW 71 38 39 0.14
Paloduro 4E JA Ranch 67 29 34 0.06
Palo Duro Canyon Rim 71 31 31 0
Palo Duro Cnyn Floor 73 28 35 0
Palo Duro Reservoir 64 28 31 0.26
Pampa 2E 62 30 30 0.02
Panhandle 1SSW 65 30 30 0.02
Plains 3N 69 27 36 0
Plainview 1S 70 32 34 0
Post 1NE 74 37 39 0
Ralls 1SE 70 35 36 0
Roaring Springs 3N 70 35 35 0.01
Rotan 5W 76 39 44 0
San Angelo 7NW M M M M
Seagraves 1SW 70 27 38 0
Segovia 7SSW 76 48 50 0.48
Seminole 2N 70 35 39 0
Seymour 3NW 71 41 49 0
Sierra Blanca 1SSE 64 38 41 0.01
Silverton 7E 68 33 33 0
Slaton 2NE 71 35 37 0
Smyer 70 31 36 0
Snyder 3E 74 40 41 0
Snyder 3SSW (WTC) 75 40 42 0
South Plains 3ENE 71 34 34 0.01
Spur 1W 71 33 39 0
Stamford 5ESE 72 41 44 0
Stinnett 1NNW 63 30 31 0.01
St Lawrence 5SW 74 39 45 0.01
Sterling City 4WNW 76 33 47 0.03
Sundown 8SW 70 28 36 0
Sweetwater 11SW 75 42 42 0.01
Tahoka 3NE 72 36 37 0
Tarzan 2WNW 73 34 41 0
Tatum NM 2SW 66 30 39 0
Throckmorton 1SW 73 40 50 0
Truscott 2SE 71 38 48 0.05
Tulia 2NE 69 32 33 0
Turkey 2WSW 71 36 36 0.07
Umbarger 3NNE 69 30 31 0
Van Horn 3ENE 68 41 44 0
Vigo Park 70 31 32 0
Wall 1E 79 36 45 0.24
Weinert 2NNE 73 43 51 0
Welch 71 34 39 0
White River Lk 6NW 73 37 37 0
Wolfforth 6SW 72 28 37 0
Supplemental Precipitation..
Childress USDA (Childress Cnty) 0.32
Childress 14NW (Childress Cnty) M
Childress 7NW (Childress Cnty) 0.44
Dodson 5S (Childress Cnty) M
Kirkland 1W (Childress Cnty) 0.40
Dumont (NW King County) M
Floydada 9SE (Floyd County) 0.02
Flomot 2E (NW Motley County) 0.02
Flomot 4NE (NW Motley County) 0.07
Lubbock 9N (Lubbock County) 0
Lubbock 7WSW (77TH NR Iola) 0
Lubbock 7SW (90TH NR Slide) 0
Lubbock 7SW #2 (103RD NR Slide) 0
Northfield (NE Motley County) 0.34
Paducah 10S (Cottle County) 0.10
Pitchfork Ranch (E Dickens) 0
Reese 4E (8th ST & Milwaukee) 0
Roaring Springs (Motley County) 0.01
Ropesville 6NNW(Hockley County) 0
Shallowater (Lubbock County) T
Tell 3S (Childress Cnty) 0.62
Woodrow 3W (154th & Indiana) 0
..Automated USGS Rain Gauges..
Aspermont 13N (Stonewall County) 0
Brice 6SW (Hall County) 0.03
Childress 10N(Childress County) 1.13
Friona 12S Running Water Dr 0
Justiceburg(Garza County) 0
Kirkland 1NNE N Grosebeck Ck 0.21
Lake Alan Henry (Garza County) 0
Lockney 10SW Callahan Draw 0
Lubbock 4ESE (50TH LOOP 289) 0
Mackenzie Lake (Briscoe County) 0
Silverton 7W Rock Ck Tr 0
Wellman 1NE (Terry County) 0
White River Lake (Crosby County) 0
Wayside (Armstrong County) 0
------------- Agricultural Data -----------------
Pan Evaporation
Lake Alan Henry 0.25
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